I’d like to say I read Honolulu in preparation for my trip to Hawaii but I didn’t. I read it because TW asked me to reserve it after it was suggested to her (on Good Reads, maybe) as a book she would like because she liked Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. She read it. She liked it. I figured I would like it too, since I liked Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.
And I did, though it took me a lot longer to start to like it than it took TW. She liked it from the start – I didn’t like it until Jin left her dirtbag husband. That wasn’t far into the book, but I was tired when I first picked it up so it felt like AGES before I really got into the book. I loved the way the picture brides came together and supported each other. That’s really what made the book, for me. (And May’s storyline was pretty darn fantastic too.)